An American in Paris

This was really overall a good movie. It did in fact win the best picture award in its day, today though it doesn't quite live up to our standard of entertainment. Several of the numbers are very cheery, upbeat, fun, and... Full review

The story is only so-so, but that's not what makes this movie GREAT! It's the dancing, choreography, sets, costumes and music! Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron, lovely Leslie in her debut. Most of the time I would steer away from stories... Full review

As a lifelong "Singin' in the Rain" fan, I was really quite disappointed by "An American in Paris" the first time I saw it. After seeing it a few more times, I certainly love the Gershwin score and the ballet... Full review

Gene Kelly came up with some really grand ideas for musicals while with MGM. Here he's at the top of his creative powers working with the Arthur Freed musical unit. Hard to believe when you watch An American In Paris... Full review

I enjoyed this film. It was lighthearted, delightful, and very colorful. You can see that MGM was showing off Technicolor. There are hardly any colors that do not appear in this film. Every scene is packed full. The choreography was... Full review

I know An American in Paris is considered a great classic and a fun musical but I felt it to be quite worthless. The whole movie was a snooze and felt bad after not liking it. I always try to give... Full review

I felt it necessary to respond to the comments posted on the front page of this film's page because some of it was slightly misinformative.Originally I posted quotes from the original poster, but I wasn't sure if it was proper... Full review

It is a lovely film and deserved everything it got in 1951. I dont think many people have seen it but I have and watch it over and over again.... Full review

Frist of all the film deserving so of 7 academy awards the year 1951. Hightlights, was cinematography, costume design, musical score,along with many songs weaved though the film by great composer George Gershwin. As the very colorful stylish dancing by Gene... Full review

An American in Paris was, in many ways, the ultimate mixture of art and Hollywood musical. Made at the height of MGM's powers as a musical powerhouse, the film features memorable music from the Gershwins, who rightly have been called... Full review

It's a fantastic film made to shine brighter on the Blu-ray format.....I guess I'm a pretty terrible film fan..... ... Full Review

Unfortunately, the plot seems almost like an afterthought....Oscar Levant plays Mulligan's best friend, Adam Cook, an equally struggling artist, a composer and concert pianist, who occupies a nearby apartment.....Kelly plays a struggling American artist, Jerry Mulligan, living in Paris, a GI who stuck around after World War II to paint.....make "An American in Paris" an attractive proposition in everything but story and character..... ... Full Review

Gene Kelly, producer Arthur Freed, director Vincente Minnelli, and an ace creative team conjure sheer screen magic, one of the American Film Institute's Top-100 American Films. Kelly plays an ex-GI (Jerry Mulligan), a carefree young artist in post-World War II Paris, who loves the city and loves even more an alluring (but engaged) perfume-shop clerk named Lise Bourvier (Leslie Caron in her beguiling screen debut). ... Full Review

But Martin handles the newer film comfortably and makes it almost as charming and funny as the first one. ... Full Review

Moreover, Kelly's skill, ideas, and artistic judgement were crucial to the successful planning and production of this film.....He did not believe in glossing over live performance deficiencies with eye-catching photography.....An American in Paris would be the work of art he anticipated and desired.....For example, Kelly advised cinematographers John Alton and Alfred Gilks to subordinate fancy filmmaking technique to the choreography..... ... Full Review

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There is still room in the concert hall for new concertos that play by traditional rules. At least there seems to be in America, where such pieces continue to stream out. ... Full Article

It's hard to believe that there's never been a full-length biography of director Vincente Minnelli . The man gave us An American in Paris , Gigi, Father of the Bride, Brigadoon and Madame Bovary , not to mention Liza. ... Full Article

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Gene Kelly was the tops. What else can you say? Astaire may have been graceful, but Kelly was a blue-collar dancer with panache. An American in Paris was the first U.S. film to use an extended ballet sequence and won... ... Full Article

Oh, White Rabbit - there you go again, running late. For a very important date! Stop checking your watch and meet the adult dancers who'll perform Alice in Wonderland on Saturday at the Jupiter Community Center. ... Full Article